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Abia’s Ikpeazu Recovers, Set To Return To Work Soon – Sources

June 17, 2020 5:36 am

There are confirmed reports that the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, who tested positive for COVID-19 has recuperated and is set to return to work soon.

Dailly Post recalls that Governor Ikpeazu tested positive for the coronavirus disease a few weeks ago.

John Okiyi Kalu, Commissioner for Information in the State, had confirmed the Governor’s status in a statement made available to newsmen last Monday.

The Commissioner disclosed that the governor had gone into isolation before his result was confirmed positive, and ordered that the deputy governor would act on his behalf pending the time he resumed duty.

However, sources

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‘You Are Nothing But APC Mole In PDP’ – Timi Hits Ikpeazu

January 20, 2020 6:54 am

Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday described the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu as a mole in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Frank made the allegation in response to Ikpeazu’s statement attacking him over his earlier remark that most PDP governors were not committed to the opposition politics in Nigeria.

He had claimed that most PDP governors are daily lobbying to be in the good books of President Muhammadu Buhari, hence they don’t talk on national issues affecting Nigerians negatively.

Frank’s statement followed the Supreme Court ruling that sacked Emeka

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Gov Ikpeazu Reacts To Death Of Abia LG Chairman

January 10, 2020 5:51 am

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed profound shock at the news of the sudden death of the Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area, Hon. Maurice Onyekachi Okoro.

THISDAY had reported that the Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia, Mr Onyekachi Okoro, is dead

He was also a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area.

Okoro was said to have slumped at a private residence in Umuahia around 1pm on Thursday and died before he could get medical help.

The PDP Chairman Mr Anthony Nwankwo, confirmed the incident to newsmen

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Ikpeazu-Led Government Showing Wickedness To Abia People

December 28, 2019 7:22 am

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) and the 2019 governorship candidate of the party in Abia State, Alex Otti has expressed dismay over the continued impoverishment of people of the State with draconian policies of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu-led administration.

This came as the State chairman of APGA, Hon. Nkem Okoro, had in a statement during the week, carpeted the Abia government on the non payment of State workers, saying that it was both unlawful and ungodly to do otherwise given the amount of money the government receives every month.

However, Otti, who spoke in a press statement issued

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Ikpeazu Dissolves Abia Traditional Rulers Council

November 28, 2019 9:00 am

Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the Abia State Governor, has approved the dissolution of the leadership of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers with immediate effect.

This was contained in a terse statement issued by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sir Gabriel Onyendilefu and made available to IgbereTV on Thursday morning.

The Governor also approved a four-man Committee made up of eminent Traditional Rulers to work out the modalities for the selection of a new leadership.

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Enyimba Economic City To Provide 600,000 Jobs – Ikpeazu

November 27, 2019 8:02 am

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has spoken on the steps his administration is taking to ensure the Enyimba Economic City, located on a 9400-hectare of land fully takes off. He explains that the city which would be a hub, has the full backing of the Federal Government, the African Development Bank and Afreximbank. He says investors who set up manufacturing companies in the city will get space and manufacture goods and export for free. They would enjoy tax holidays and also enjoy the possibility of repatriating 100 percent profits.

African Development Bank (ADB) decided to create a platform for …

No jubilation in Abia as Ikpeazu re-emerges governor-elect

March 12, 2019 10:01 am

Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has succeeded in his second term reelection bid. He was announced the winner of the 2015 Abia governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with 261,127 votes representing 59 percent of the 444,376 total votes cast. It was expected to that the battle for Abia government house would be a very tough one but it turned out that the incumbent governor dusted his opponents easily.